coronavirus variant has been identified in the area.Dr. Kieran Moore is asking anyone who has travelled or who has received visitors from outside the region to get tested immediately, whether they are symptomatic or not. ‘Realistic possibility’ COVID-19 variant from U.K.
could be deadlier, researchers say Moore said the region has received its first lab confirmed B.1.1.7 case, a new, more easily transmissible variant of the virus that was first found in the United Kingdom.[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]“We know that one in five individuals with COVID-19 don’t have symptoms but carry and transmit COVID-19,” Dr.